Several oil tankers passed out of the Strait of Hormuz by taking an alternative route along Oman’s coast that had been promoted by a U.N. maritime agency. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard responded with an angry warning carried by Iranian state media, saying the announced route was unacceptable and completely dangerous without Iran’s coordination. The Guard said that the only authorized route through the strait is the one declared by Iran and that vessels using other routes “will be dealt with,” while providing no further details.

The report notes that traffic through the waterway had increased, but remained well below prewar levels. It also connects the development to wider U.S.-Iran negotiations for an interim arrangement, which include discussion of how to get ships through the Persian Gulf and how to handle Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile.

Meanwhile, the broader regional security context remained unstable. The coverage also points to renewed fighting in Lebanon involving Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which has threatened the durability of a wider truce—an additional factor that could affect calculations around shipping in the region.